Commodities
PrimarySilver
SecondaryGold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Model85: Polymetallic veins
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formTHREE ROUGHLY PARALLEL VEINS
Ore controlFault And Joint Fractures
Materials
Ore mineralsArgentite, Cerargyrite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Polybasite, Proustite, Pyrargyrite, Silver, Sphalerite, Stephanite, Stibnite
GangueAnkerite, Calcite, Graphite, Pyrite, Pyrolusite, Quartz, Rhodochrosite
Geology
Host rockQuartz Monzonite
StructureFractures, Postmineral Joints
AlterationOxidation
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10045207
MRDS IDM232893
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.49825, -117.0651
References
STEWART, J.H., MCKEE, E.H., AND STAGER, H.K., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 88.ROSS, C.P., 19538 THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE REESE RIVER DISTRICT, LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA: USGS BULL. 997.HUGHES, H.H., 1955, CONFIDENTIAL REPORT ON AUSTIN, NEVADA PROPERTIES OF HERCULES MINES COMPANY (UNPUB.): NBMG FILES.